Here's a term whose time may once again have come.
vampyrarchy: Derisive description from the 1820s for a parasitic group of politicians.
--from Forgotten English Knowledge Cards by Jeffrey Kacirk.
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- Sharon Hurlbut
- Physical anthropologist, writer, compulsive knitter, and mother of two. My fiction and poetry are published under the pen-name Ann Walters.
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3 comments:
I love it! Where did you find it?
Just the sound of it snares in my throat. Oh yes, a very appropriate name.
Patti - I have a whole deck of cards with these obscure, archaic words on them. The sad thing is, I bought them long before I started writing. I'm such a book/word geek!
Patry - It does catch at the back, doesn't it? I guess times haven't changed much.
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